Reminder: Microsoft to push Silverlight to business users this week
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| There are still two more weeks until Microsoft pushes its latest Internet
| Explorer 7 update to corporate users via its Windows Server Update Services
| (WSUS) patch mechanism.
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| But this week — specifically on January 22 — Microsoft will make its
| Adobe-Flash-alternative Silverlight available via WSUS, as well as via
| Microsoft Update (MU). In order to have Silverlight 1.0 pushed to users,
| admins will need to select it; it will be an optional, not automatic,
| download.
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=1123
Can Mozilla and Opera push their browser via automatic as well? What about
Adobe and Flash? More monopoly abuse...
Related:
Popfly for Silverlight: a beta glimpse.
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| Linux Left Out
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| The animations are equal to those of Flash in terms of quality. However,
| Popfly does have one flaw, which is no Linux support. Novell Inc. is
| developing a Linux version of Silverlight called "Moonlight." Whether
| Microsoft likes it or not, Linux is here to stay and is a growing force on
| the desktop thanks to universal-audience distributions such as Ubuntu.
| Popfly could help Silverlight garner new users quickly, but the platform
| still has a long way to go. After all, Silverlight is a first-generation
| platform, whereas Flash has had eight additional software generations to
| achieve its market penetration.
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http://reddevnews.com/news/devnews/article.aspx?editorialsid=930
First Look: The Popfly Development Environment
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| However, the Silverlight platform -- and Popfly -- does have one flaw, which
| is no Linux support. Even Adobe releases its current builds of the Flash
| runtime to Linux users. Whether Microsoft likes it or not, Linux is here to
| stay and is a growing force on the desktop thanks to universal-audience
| distributions such as Ubuntu.
|
| Popfly is a shot in the arm for Silverlight for the purpose of gaining new
| users quickly, but the platform still has a long way to go. After all,
| Silverlight is a first-generation platform, whereas Flash has had eight
| additional software generations to achieve its market penetration.
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http://campustechnology.com/articles/56377/
Microsoft's Silverlight Promises to Disrupt Linux Web Users
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| Just as it seemed that Linux users (especially 64-bit users) would
| finally be able to enjoy streaming content with a minimum of
| hassle, Microsoft's new Silverlight software promises to throw a
| wrench in the works. Because of sites like Google Video and
| Youtube, Flash video has become a common means of streaming
| multimedia over the Internet.
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http://www.daniweb.com/blogs/entry1418.html
Microsoft's 'Everywhere' excludes Linux
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| This browser add-on enables rendering of WPF content, but
| "Everywhere" doesn't include Linux.
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http://www.itwire.com.au/content/view/7794/53/
ECIS Accuses Microsoft of Plotting HTML Hijack
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| An industry coalition that has represented competitors of Microsoft
| in European markets before the European Commission stepped up its
| public relations offensive this morning, this time accusing
| Microsoft of scheming to upset HTML's place in the fabric of
| the Internet with XAML, an XML-based layout lexicon for
| network applications.
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http://www.betanews.com/article/ECIS_Accuses_Microsoft_of_Plotting_HTML_Hijack/1169824569
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